Sustainable Crediton Newsletter Issue 103

Reminder: Sustainable Crediton Annual General Meeting: 8 May - all welcome! See under Dates for your Diary for further details.

Welcome to the newsletter. It finally feels as if change may be coming. Public perceptions about climate change appear to have shifted significantly in the wake of the recent actions in London. Politicians are at last showing signs of waking up to the need for urgent action; though whether this will translate into actual action remains to be seen.

Could be an interesting summer ...

Best wishes to all,

John Craythorne, newsletter editor, on behalf of Sustainable Crediton


Dates for your Diary
8th May

Sustainable Crediton Annual General Meeting

11th May

Absolute Beginners' bike ride

15th May

Crediton Bee Project - Launch Event

18th May

Crediton Repair Cafe

1st June

Sustainable Crediton's Clothes Swap

2nd June

Sustainable Crediton at Picnic in the Park

15th June

Crediton Repair Cafe

Regular Events
In case you missed it...
20th April

Review of Absolute Beginners' Bike Ride in Crediton!

On Saturday 20 April the first Absolute Beginners' ride took place from Crediton's farmers market. ...

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News Highlights

Medicinal Tree Bonanza!

Holt Wood Herbs Holt Wood Herbs offer a range of online body care products under the banner of 'forest garden body care', including skin toner and moisturiser, soap, hair oil, deodorant and more. Many of the products started out as gifts for friends and family made by Anne Stobart who is a consult ...

Why we need a local group to help our pollinators: see Crediton Bee Project Launch - Dates for your Diary

A World Without Pollinators: There Is No Plan Bee Honey bees alone are responsible for $30 billion (almost £23 million) worth of crop growth per year. Currently in the UK there are 250 native species of bee; and while this may sound like a healthy number, three species are already extinct, two are ...

Pollinator attitude survey: win £50 gift voucher!

Take part in this survey by Exeter University for the chance to win a £50 gift voucher! ...

Extinction Rebellion (XR) in London, around the world, and in Devon

I guess few of us have been unmoved in one way or another by the recent actions in London at Parliament Square, Marble Arch and Waterloo Bridge. Many will be wondering where this will go next. What seems certain is that XR is turning into a genuinely international movement and that domestically it ...

Rhubarb, honey and vanilla compote: recipe

Ingredients 450gm [1lb] rhubarb; Good squeeze lemon juice; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 100gm [4oz] honey; Method Devon grown rhubarb delicious when cooked with honey and vanilla. Cut the stalks into bite sized chunks and add lemon juice, vanilla extract and honey. Simmer very gently until the rhu ...


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